Is there any way to force mount a usb stick?

Valso · 2021-11-30 16:57:41

The USB port is working fine, I tested it, also lsusb lists the flash drive to be there (Kingston) but for some reason the device won't appear in the devices list in any file manager, so I can't click on it to access it. Sudo blkid however doesn't list it, though it should list it too. I rebooted several times but that didn't change anything. Sudo mount /dev/sdd /media/usb returns error "not found in /etc/fstab" though it doesn't make any sense to look for it there.

Is there any way/command to force Arch to mount the device and therefore show it in the file manager?

seth · 2021-11-30 17:08:36

Run "sudo dmesg -w", then plug the usb key and watch the tail of the dmesg output.
Usual suspect is that you updated the kernel and the usb_storage module for the running kernel cannot be loaded. Rebooting would redeem that.

Valso · 2021-11-30 17:17:38

Kernel was updated a few days and ever since I've rebooted several times - no problems with usb until now.

This is what I got from dmesg:

[  410.379760] usb 4-2: new SuperSpeed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[  410.398265] usb 4-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0951, idProduct=1666, bcdDevice= 1.10
[  410.398280] usb 4-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[  410.398286] usb 4-2: Product: DataTraveler 3.0
[  410.398290] usb 4-2: Manufacturer: Kingston
[  410.398294] usb 4-2: SerialNumber: 0C9D92C199F8B310A957013F
[  410.399716] usb-storage 4-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[  410.400161] scsi host6: usb-storage 4-2:1.0
[  411.420613] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[  411.421630] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] 60604416 512-byte logical blocks: (31.0 GB/28.9 GiB)
[  411.421920] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
[  411.421925] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 00
[  411.422194] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[  411.680971]  sdd:
[  411.682308] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk

P.S. It reads writing is disabled bc I've set it this way - to prevent any malware entering the drive, if I ever have to attach the usb stick to a windows computer.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2021-11-30 17:55:45

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/File_m … y#Mounting?

Slithery · 2021-11-30 18:04:05

Have you tested that drive on another machine?
Have you tested other drives in this machine?

It could be that the drive is dead.

Valso · 2021-11-30 18:10:45

Yes, it worked fine on another computer. The drive has Ventoy installed on it and I installed Mint from it to another computer. Other drives work just fine on my computer - they show up as a device in the file manager and can be mounted.

Trilby · 2021-11-30 18:11:17

Valso wrote:

Sudo mount /dev/sdd /media/usb returns error "not found in /etc/fstab" though it doesn't make any sense to look for it there.

Indeed that doesn't make any sense - but the error message is not the only reason. /dev/sdd would be the device, not a partition. Please post the actual commands and output exactly as you entered them and as they appeared. Also the output of the following:

type mount

Last edited by Trilby (2021-11-30 18:11:45)

seth · 2021-11-30 18:38:24

file -s /dev/sdd
fdisk -l /dev/sdd
lsblk

It might be a superdisk - or garbage.

Ftr. write protection is actually off - what's disabled is the writing cache, but that's insignificant.

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